Plugins + Scripts Shot Generator

[vamBear]

vamBear submitted a new resource:

ShotGenerator - Photography automation tool that executes a three-stage orbital capture

ShotGenerator​

Photography automation tool for Virt-A-Mate that executes a three-stage orbital capture sequence (Wide, Mid, and Close-up) around a specific Atom (usually a Person). Generates screenshots at user-defined angular increments with independent control over target bones, vertical offsets, camera elevation angles, and aspect ratios for each stage.

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[Vexhar]

Hey, could you share the scene from the video, or the RingLigth that you are using?
That illumination on the character is awesome

 

[vamBear]

Hey, could you share the scene from the video, or the RingLigth that you are using?
That illumination on the character is awesome

Hey,

I totally can. I'm actually in the process of figuring out the best way to share my HDRI setups (like this one). Skymagic Loader plus is one part of it all and the other is linking all the lights to the same rotations and if I use subscenes or not. Anyways, not far off now.

 

[RonBurgundy]

Hey,

I totally can. I'm actually in the process of figuring out the best way to share my HDRI setups (like this one). Skymagic Loader plus is one part of it all and the other is linking all the lights to the same rotations and if I use subscenes or not. Anyways, not far off now.

That would be great! any chance we could get 512 and 1024 resolutions added?
After previewing, when i hit F to bring the focus back to the atom, everything is off! i can only bring the person back in view by hitting the preview again.
hitting F multiple times it keeps jumping further and further away, it's weird and makes it difficult to rotate or reposition after using this tool.

also one other thing that would be nice would be the option to change the color of the preview grid, it disappears on a white background.

EDIT: upon closer inspection, it looks like i get a pattern of vertical banding in the darker areas of the saved images. I'm using 1080 which is the same as my display.
Shot Generator PNG

closeup:

Windows Screen Capture (ignore the lines):

 

[RonBurgundy]

i think i realize what's happening with the UI, once you use the plugin, it's all zoomed in so if you do to the main screen, you can only see about 1/4 of the bottom center of the screen.
it makes it really wonky after using it so i pretty much need to close vam and start over if i want to run other scenes.

this is the full screen when i access the hub

 

[neiron555]

Hi, this work with Reshade?

 

[vamBear]

vamBear updated Shot Generator with a new update entry:

Version 2

• Added orbit start angle control for each stage (0° to 360°)
• Replaced fixed resolution presets with custom resolution slider (720px to 7680px longest dimension) @RonBurgundy
• UI improvements: Added section headers and spacers for better organization (based on SkyMagicLoaderPlus)
• Added single-shot buttons for each config type (TAKE WIDE/MID/CLOSE SHOT) @RonBurgundy
• Added secondary person support for multi-person shots
• Select another...

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[vamBear]

vamBear updated Shot Generator with a new update entry:

Version 3

• Preview button removed. When you touch a slider it automatically goes into preview mode.
• Changed Wide, Mid and Close-up to Shot 1, Shot 2 and Shot 3 making it more generic
• Only Shot 1 is active at startup
• Overhauled the UI to match my other plugins
• Move all Shot cameras UI to the left and options to the right
• Renamed sliders and menu to be more readable
• Distance and Height sliders were inverted for more intuitive movement
• QOL...

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[vamBear]

Hi, this work with Reshade?

I'm not sure but I'll take a look.

 

[vamBear]

i think i realize what's happening with the UI, once you use the plugin, it's all zoomed in so if you do to the main screen, you can only see about 1/4 of the bottom center of the screen.
it makes it really wonky after using it so i pretty much need to close vam and start over if i want to run other scenes.

this is the full screen when i access the hub
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Thanks for that.

I've got a fix for this in place, where you restore the camera :

There is also now an option below

Restore Camera on Exit.

If you also del the plug in, it'll auto reset as well.

I'll keep seeing if there are other ways around it though.

 

[vamBear]

That would be great! any chance we could get 512 and 1024 resolutions added?
After previewing, when i hit F to bring the focus back to the atom, everything is off! i can only bring the person back in view by hitting the preview again.
hitting F multiple times it keeps jumping further and further away, it's weird and makes it difficult to rotate or reposition after using this tool.

also one other thing that would be nice would be the option to change the color of the preview grid, it disappears on a white background.

EDIT: upon closer inspection, it looks like i get a pattern of vertical banding in the darker areas of the saved images. I'm using 1080 which is the same as my display.
Shot Generator PNG
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closeup:
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Windows Screen Capture (ignore the lines):
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I'll add lower resolutions for sure
And the grid color as well forgot about that one

As for the banding, I'll do some looking into it.

The new version 3 - has been made more generic too, I made it shot 1 > 3 and took away and fixed some of the other bugs I noticed.

The F issue, will be ongoing but I think I've found a fix, that I'm putting in now.